"15 Free Resources for Teaching High Frequency Vocabulary"--from TESOL Blog

Ms. Shvidko must have spent a lot of time fishing for and studying/reviewing these 15 vocabulary learning/teaching websites. Great job!

http://blog.tesol.org/15-free-resources-for-teaching-high-frequency-vocabulary/

15 Free Resources for Teaching High Frequency Vocabulary

Posted on 16 October 2015 by Elena Shvidko

And yet another blog on vocabulary resources. Today’s theme is high frequency vocabulary. Below is a list of resources for beginning and low-intermediate level students that can provide teachers with vocabulary worksheets, games, activities, and quizzes.

Hsin-fu & Yi-ting, Happy Marriage!

I attended my former Chiech Show colleague's son's wedding this noon at Amazing Hall, Taipei. Jay's also been my son's friend since their childhood.

We Are Family

Time: 6:30pm, Oct. 23, 2015

Place: Huakang Palace Wedding Party Hall, Taipei

Can you imagine celebrating birthdays together with your junior high schoolmates 40 years after graduation? We did that again yesterday evening!

Use What You Have and Do Your Best

This is so true!
"Some things that are really easy for you are real hard for me."

An Inspiring Video Based on Itzhak Perlman's "Playing on Three Strings" Story

Broken Strings Itzhak Perlman

 

Afternoon Tea with Friends

Afternoon tea with junior high school friends.

Time: 2:30pm, this afternoon

Place: The Landis, Taipei

Attendees: Alsa Lin, Chang-tai Chen, Chang-xin Xie, Ruey-sheng Hsiao.

Precious Photos

I got these two photos via email the other day. They were taken at Pine Garden in Hualien on Oct. 12, 2015 for one of the two groups respectively. We once studied at the same high school. After 40 years, we were taking a trip together. 10 years from now, shall we go on another trip with each other? Most in the photos were from abroad.

At a Former Colleague's Son's Wedding on Oct. 18

Time: 12pm, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015

Place: Golden China Hotel, Taipei

Really happy to go to Hsu-dong and Pei-ling's wedding. Hsu-dong is my former Chiehshow JHS colleague Ms. Chang's (張文貞老師) son, who was about 6 years old the last year when I taught there. I still remember his big eyes.

Basic Photography Skills--"超詳盡攝影教學！101個新手必學的攝影技巧"

(By Meichu. Even though we were moving, the picture she took is very clear.)

Meichu (陳美珠), a good high school friend who has learned photography for around seven years, just LINEd and shared with me this website. Amazing guidelines! I decided to get familiar with one tip every day. 101 days from now, I will be able to take better pictures.

http://www.fotobeginner.com/14702/101-photography-tips-for-beginners/

超詳盡攝影教學！101個新手必學的攝影技巧

日期：2015年3月25日 • 作者：Alex Tam

The Happiness of Simplicity--"洪蘭／簡單的快樂"--from UDN

http://udn.com/news/story/7340/1257766-%E6%B4%AA%E8%98%AD%EF%BC%8F%E7%B0%A1%E5%96%AE%E7%9A%84%E5%BF%AB%E6%A8%82

洪蘭／簡單的快樂

2015-10-19 01:13:58      聯合報 洪蘭

一位新來的同事的心情常常不好，我們都知道早上不要找她開會，免得掃到颱風尾。熟了以後才知道，她家住郊區，每天早上必須先送女兒去台北上學，才能來上課。她女兒早上起床後，就在廁所對鏡梳頭髮，梳一個小時也不出來，常常弄得來不及吃早飯。為了怕女兒遲到挨罰，她只好開快車，一不小心就超速，每個月的薪水一半繳了罰單。她嘆氣說：真懷念以前有髮禁的日子，大家專心讀書，誰也不嫌誰醜，因為大家一樣醜！說得大家都笑起來。的確，選擇多時，反而煩惱，有實驗發現太多的選擇會增加心智的負擔，減低自我控制的能力。

Even If You Didn't Make the Right Decision--"就算選錯，人生也不會毀了"

An article by Hsiao-yei which I sent to myself via email. I came across it while cleaning out my email inbox. This reminds me of a sentence I told a student. He told me on the phone on the morning of the first day of SAT that he didn't sleep well the night before. Upon hearing it, I replied, "Just because you didn't sleep well last night doesn't mean you can't function well today." He did very well on the SAT, ranking the 5th in school.

http://www.read-life.com/2015/07/07/admin-1418/

Happy Encounter with Yu-han

This morning, at MOS Burger, I bumped into Yu-han, a former student who graduated in 2011 and is now studying at graduate school at National Central University. We were so happy about the encounter that we gave each other bear hugs several times. Yu-han was wondering whether it was right to choose to study instead of taking a job after graduating from college. I told her, "You never know. Don't regret over your decision because you'll never know whether the other option is better. Just keep going."

40 Years After We Graduated

On Oct. 11 afternoon, we, graduating from TFG 40 years ago, paid a visit to our alma mater.

Nice Gathering with Annie

wikiHow: Interesting and Useful Website

At this website, all the articles begin with "how to" and offer practical tips on doing something.

http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

For example, here's how to help someone with low self esteem:

http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Someone-With-Low-Self-Esteem

 

To Make the Past Listening Test Public Or Not?--"高中英聽公布考古題？ 大考中心：不宜"--from UDN

http://udn.com/news/story/6885/1249372-%E9%AB%98%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E8%81%BD%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83%E8%80%83%E5%8F%A4%E9%A1%8C%EF%BC%9F-%E5%A4%A7%E8%80%83%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%8D%E5%AE%9C

高中英聽公布考古題？ 大考中心：不宜

2015-10-15 08:30:29      聯合報 記者張錦弘／台北報導

高中、補教師：至少公布常出錯題目 才能對症下藥

大學招生已正式採計的高中英聽測驗，過去3年從未公布考過的試題與答案。高中及補教老師昨要求大考中心公布英聽考古題，至少每年要公布考生較常出錯的題目，老師才可對症下藥，有效改善學生的英聽能力。

"A History Between VW and Porsche"--from Diego

A history between VW and Porsche. An article by Diego, a former student who is insightful about many issues. He LINEd and invited me to read this post this evening.  I've been always amazed at his memory and knowledge and even suggested that he be a college professor.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/diego-khoo/dk%E8%AC%9B%E5%8F%A4%E7%A6%8F%E6%96%AF%E5%A4%A7%E7%9C%BE%E9%9B%86%E5%9C%98%E8%88%87%E4%BF%9D%E6%99%82%E6%8D%B7%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%B1%E9%96%80%E6%81%A9%E6%80%A8/1035342046500225

 

Reunion Trip

I am in Hualien, on a high school reunion trip.

TFG Reunion_the 40th Graduation Anniversary

My junior and senior class 高三忠

Hong-yin & Pu-wei's Wedding

Time: 6pm, Oct. 10, 2010

Place: Brother Hotel, Taipei

This evening I attended my deceased former colleague's (羅珊 老師) daughter's wedding. When Hong-yin's father asked me a few months ago if it was ok to invite some NHSH colleagues, I said it would definitely be our honor to be at the wedding. We would be happy to witness one of the happiest moment of our dear friend's daughter's life.